First and last

We made it!

Today is the last day of the school year!

What a year we've had.  The kids are glad the school year is over.  I am nervous for summer.  This is the first year I haven't looked to the start of summer with as much anticipation as when I was in school myself.  I am concerned about entertaining a one-year-old and an eleven-year-old with the same activity.  A trip to the park doesn't always cut it these days.  Moreover, every break from school we had this year was full of fighting.  The kids could get along for the first three days and then the wheels would quickly fall off our wagon.  Bickering, arguing, mild physical altercations plagued our household.  I cannot imagine what several weeks will bring.

Heaven help me.

Here are some pictures of the kids from the first day and last day of school:


Good-golly, Lorien grew a whole twelve inches this school year!  I guess she's been eating her vegetables?

By the conditions of Wyatt's pants, I guess he grew a whole twelve inches too?  He also grew a mustache?

And Clare, she got bangs a few weeks before school got out.  She also lost a handful of teeth this year--which is awesome because her front two teeth were hanging by threads on the first day of school--giving her a pretty lopsided smile.
Now, I am open to suggestions for how to keep my kids smiling and keep me from going crazy this summer.